Just wondering if anyone had any experience with the Open University? If so, the short version of this post is that I'd love some advice. I'll be more specific below but if you cba to read it just share anything you know about the OU anyways
SO felt like I've been stuck in a bit of a rut for the last few months - I have a full time job where my coworkers have basically become my family and I love them but it's certainly not what I want to do forever. I dropped out of uni super early on (like eight week in lol) last year for a whole load of reasons but the relevant ones now are:
- I hated being a full time student, and I found not having an actual paying job to go to really uncomfortable and unsatisfying
- whilst I enjoyed my subject (sociology) at A Level, I didn't really have any future career ideas following doing it as a degree at uni so studying it felt completely pointless to me
- I really don't like being a traditional student. I've always hated formal education but loved learning and I like to do it in my own way at my own pace. I find it much better to sit down and teach myself stuff (obvs still from a book or online or whatever, I just mean not with a teacher stood in front of me asking questions to 300 people in a lecture hall).
So yeah, figured the open uni might be a pretty good option for me but naturally I'm nervous about starting such a big change. I've taken a look online and there are a few courses that interest me and one in particular thats really sparked my attention. I've requested they email me the prospectuses of the 2 areas I'm most interested in (then requested a third one just for the hell of it but don't really want to do that) so thought I'd sit down and read them after work tomorrow but in the meantime, any thoughts?
Even if you have no exp with the OU I'd be grateful for any advice - I'm nervous as hell and I can't work out if i'm being naive or crazy for maybe wanting to do this. keep hopping back and forth between being like "hell yeah this'll be great for me" and "ahh shit what if I just flake out and fail or what if I hate it like I hated uni before"